Pistol lock



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a. Fi yi Patented Apr. 25, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT QFHQE PISTOL LOCKJames P. Charters, Flushing, N. Y.

Application December 2, 1948, Serial No. 62,991

2 Claims. 1

This invention relates to a safety lock for firearms such as pistols,guns and the like, and has for one of its objects the production of asimple and eflicient means for positively locking the trigger of a gunagainst movement and thereby preventing the accidental discharge of thegun.

A further object of this invention is the production of a simple andefficient safety device for locking a trigger of a gun againstaccidental movement.

Another object of the present invention is the provision of a device ofthe character described which can be attached to a pistol, gun or thelike easily and quickly without the use of any tools and without theapplication of any considerable amount of skill, and which does notrequire any structural alterations of the gun in connection with whichis to be used.

Still another object of the present invention is the provision of adevice of the character described which is of a small size and light inweight and which can be detached from the gun when the latter is beingused and kept in the pocket of a garment, so that the use of the gun isnot influenced by the presence of the locking device. This is asubstantial advantage over looking devices which are permanentlyattached to a firearm and which increase its weight while aiming orwhich otherwise may interfere with the usual handling of the gun orpistol.

Yet a further object of the present invention is the provision of adevice of the character described which is of a very simpleconstruction, so that it can be manufactured and sold at a veryreasonable price, but which is also sturdy, durable, and well adapted towithstand the rough usage to which devices of this type frequently aresubjected.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel details ofconstruction and combinations of parts hereinafter more fully describedand pointed out in the claims, it being understood that changes may bemade in the construction and arrangement of parts without departing fromthe spirit of the invention as claimed.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred forms of the invention havebeen shown.

In said drawings:

Figure 1 is a side view of a preferred embodiment of my invention as itappears when it is in looking position on a pistol.

Fig. 2 is a side view as Fig. 1, but showing the device unlocked anddetached from the pistol;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged top view of the device per se; and

Fig. 4 is an enlarged side view of the same.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout theseveral views.

In the drawing the numeral I denotes a plate having a, flat thin portion2 and a thick raised portion 3 whose stepped side 4 is curved inconformity to the curvature of the outer rear section of the triggerguard 5 of a firearm. In Fig. 1 there is indicated in dash-and-dottedlines a pistol 6, but it is to be understood that my new and improvedlock can be used also in connection with rifles and any other firearms.A flat member 1, one edge portion 8 of which is curved so as to conformto the curvature of the inner rear section of said trigger guard, issecured to the flat portion 2 of the plate I by means of countersunkrivets 9, or by welding, or the like in such a manner that its curvededge portion is opposite and in spaced relation to the stepped side 4 ofthe raised portion 3 of plate I. Thus there is formed a groove betweenthe edge portions 4 and 8 into which fits the rear portion of thetrigger guard 5.

.2 The depth of said groove is larger than the width of the triggerguard 5, so that the member 1 and the plate portion 3 protrude beyondthe trigger guard 5 when the latter is inserted into said groove.

The member I can be made also as a unit with the plate I, so that thelatter would consist of a block provided with a curved groove into whichfits the rear portion of the trigger guard of a pistol; but it will bemore economical from the standpoint of manufacturing this device to makethe member 1 as a separate piece as shown and previously described.

In order to fasten the device to a trigger guard, I prefer to provide itwith any suitable locking means, preferably with a lock bolt which isoperated by means of a key. I prefer to carry out this feature of myinvention in the manner shown in the drawing, where it will be seen thata lock bolt I0 is movable in the portion 3 of plate I by means of a lookI I having a key hole !2 into which can be inserted in the usual mannera key (not shown). The lock H can be of any suitable desiredconstruction or design, a cylinder look as shown being preferable due toits small size. In the locked position, Figs. 1 and 3, the lock bolt I0touches the side 8 of the member 1, thus holding the device safely onthe trigger guard 5. Upon unlocking the device (Fig. 2) it can bedetached from the gun, so that the latter can be used in the usualmanner. The member I and the thin 3 front section of the plate i are sodimensioned that they fill the space between the rear section of thetrigger guard 5 and the trigger l5, as may be seen in Fig. 1, so thatthe latter cannot be moved as long as the device is locked.

I claim:

1. The combination, in a pistol lock, of a block provided with a curvedgroove into which fits the rear portion of the trigger guard of apistol, with a lock bolt provided in said block and being shiftabletherein in spaced relation to the bottom of said groove from a positionin which one of its ends is substantially flush with a side Wall of saidgroove to a position in which said end of the lock bolt is adjacent theopposite side wall of the groove so as to close a lateral portion of thegroove at a distance from the bottom of the latter, and

locking means for moving said lock bolt being adapted for retaining thelock bolt in the aforementioned positions and being mounted on saidblock, that portion of said block which extends into the trigger guardbeyond said groove reaching up to the trigger thus preventing anymovement of the latter.

2. A device of the character described comprising a, plate having a fiatthin portion and a thick raised portion whose stepped side is curved inconformity to the curvature of the outer rear section of the triggerguard of a pistol, a flat mem- 4 beer one edge portion of which iscurved so as to conform to the curvature of the inner rear section ofsaid trigger guard and being secured to said plate in such a manner thatits curved edge portion is opposite and in spacedrelation to the steppedside of the raised portion of said plate, a lock bolt in the raisedportion of said plate being in spaced relation to the thin portion ofsaid plate and being movable toward said flat member so as to touch thelatter, and locking means for moving said lock bolt being adapted forretaining the lock bolt in the end position in which it touches saidfiat member and being mounted insaid raised portion of said plate, saidfiat member being so dimensioned that it fills the space between therear section of the trigger guard and the trigger in order to prevent amovement of the latter.

JAMES P. CHARTERS.

REFERENEES CITED The foli'owing references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS i iumher Name Date 965,386 Hansen July'26, 19101,070,965 Jones Aug. 19, 1913 2,444,649 Jacobs July 6, 19.48

